Internet Access Archive

  • The Archos 5 Internet Tablet gets access to Android Market’s paid apps

    The Archos 5 Internet Tablet gets access to Android Market’s paid apps

    Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments
    The Archos 5 Internet Tablet just got a bit cooler. It finally has access to paid apps from the Android Market thanks to the latest firmware. This solves one of the biggest gripes we've heard about the small Android tablets. Previsously users could only download the free Android apps, not the preimum apps that cost something. This is actually a significant move in the Android tablet market, a trend we hope is followed by others.

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  • Review: BugMe for iPhone

    Review: BugMe for iPhone

    Posted on March 18, 2010 | No Comments
    I'm not a Getting Things Done kind of guy. I've never understood people who live and die by their Franklin Planners. I've never understood the huge proliferation of scheduling and reminder applications for the various computing platforms I've used over the years. I'll reveal my secret at the end, but for now we're going to take a look at BugMe, a reminder application now available for the iPhone.

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  • FIOS the first to get HBO Go

    FIOS the first to get HBO Go

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    I read something the other day that argued that Netflix has not a chance in hell of becoming "this century's HBO." Netflix may be popular, but don't expect it to achieve the type of penetration and success of the cable channel. Hollywood politics and whatnot. Another reason is that HBO has designs on the on-demand market with HBO Go, a service that lets its subscribers see "anything they want to see, anytime, anywhere, over their laptop, iPhone, tablet, PlayStation." The first cable system to get HBO Go is Verizon FIOS. Supposedly HBO Go will eventually be available to all HBO subscribers, but deals need to be put in place between your ISP and the cable channel.

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  • Sagem Orga outs SIMFi, a SIM card/WiFi router hybrid

    Sagem Orga outs SIMFi, a SIM card/WiFi router hybrid

    Posted on February 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Sagem's SIMFi is one of those ideas that you wish you had come up with yourself. The concept is pretty straightforward: they've created a SIM card with an embedded WiFi radio, so provided you have a suitable data plan, the card itself puts out a WiFi signal instead of relying on the phone. For anyone who's ever needed internet access on a laptop, with no other tools besides the phone in their pocket, this is a potential godsend. Tethering a handset to a computer for internet access used to occur on a strictly phone-by-phone basis. Have a BlackBerry? Read a few tutorials and you're pretty much set. Ditto for the iPhone, and most Android and Windows Mobile devices. But where does that leave you if all you've got in your pocket is a phone with a cigarette lighter built into it?

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  • This is what it sounds like when Net Neutrality dies

    This is what it sounds like when Net Neutrality dies

    Posted on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
    The Net Neutrality argument is fairly nebulous for the average user but this image from a Reddit reader shows the effects of the law in a way everyone can understand. If you're tired of paying tiered pricing for stuff like cable and Internet access, how would you like to pay tiered pricing for the websites you visit. Want to watch Hulu? Add $10. Need eBay, even for a month? $5, please.

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  • GM to offer in-car wi-fi access starting next year

    GM to offer in-car wi-fi access starting next year

    Posted on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Taking wi-fi hotspots to the extreme, GM has announced that certain models of their vehicles will feature Autonet, a mobile wi-fi solution built into your car and designed to provide you internet access no matter where you are. It's only going in certain models, but you can probably get one for that old Monte Carlo if you really want to.

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  • T-Mobile goes unlimited + no contract with ‘Even More Plus’ plans

    T-Mobile goes unlimited + no contract with ‘Even More Plus’ plans

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
    T-Mobile jumps feet first into the no-contract, unlimited everything arena with its new “Even More Plus” plans, ranging from $30 per month for 500 voice minutes to $80 per month for unlimited voice minutes, text messages, and internet access. Family plans are also available for between $50 and $140 per month.

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  • New device brings wireless Internet to boats

    New device brings wireless Internet to boats

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    We have Internet access in planes now (Virgin America offers it in the US, for example), so why not on boats? That's what one of Japan's biggest telecommunications companies, KDDI, thought and now gives us a device that will allow ship passengers to enjoy wireless broadband Internet while being out on the water.

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  • PC-Z1: Sharp’s Ubuntu-powered, touchscreen “Mobile Internet Tool”

    PC-Z1: Sharp’s Ubuntu-powered, touchscreen “Mobile Internet Tool”

    Posted on August 27, 2009 | No Comments
    In Japan, Sharp has been known for their ultra-mobile Zaurus for quite a while now, and today, the company added a new mini device to its line-up of mini laptops, the PC-Z1 [press release in English]. Marketed as a "Mobile Internet Tool", the PC-Z1 comes with a tiny 5-inch TFT LCD (a touchscreen) and measures just 161.4 x 108.7 x 19.7 ~ 24.8mm (weight: 409g).

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  • Netgear and OpenDNS to filter traffic, replace parents

    Netgear and OpenDNS to filter traffic, replace parents

    Posted on July 29, 2009 | No Comments
    I'm guessing that a lot of households utilize filters on computers to, well, keep the kiddies away from, you know, the Internet sites you look at. Netgear and OpenDNS aim to take that task away from the individual computer and start filtering at the router. That way, every device connected to the Internet through that router - including iPod touches, game consoles, and every computer - will be subject to filtering.

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  • No it’s not fancy, but the Barnes and Noble e-book reader works a-okay

    No it’s not fancy, but the Barnes and Noble e-book reader works a-okay

    Posted on July 21, 2009 | No Comments
    So I just bought House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street, by William D. Cohen, from the just-launched Barnes and Noble e-book store. Long story short, it works pretty well, but there sure as heck isn't a hint of polish on this thing.

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  • Crippled Chinese iPhone coming in September

    Crippled Chinese iPhone coming in September

    Posted on July 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Fortune is reporting that China Unicorn will launched the crippled iPhone without Wi-Fi in September. The crippled iPhones are being made by Foxconn in China. The phones will be crippled to follow China’s guidelines on high-speed mobile Internet access. Should be fun. Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware.

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  • How do you convince the elderly to go online? Should you even bother?

    How do you convince the elderly to go online? Should you even bother?

    Posted on June 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Believe it or not, but some people actually refuse to go online! (I say we salute these people for being so brave.) This news comes to us from that Digital Britain report that I've mentioned in the past. It's sort of a Doomesday Book vis-à-vis the UK's participation in the digital world/economy, if that makes any sense. And today's big number: 43 percent of adults in the UK who have no Internet access, either by choice or because of financial restraints, would turn down a free or heavily subsidized Internet connection. Like Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, these people simply have no time for that Internet crap. I mean really, what is this old lady going to do with Twitter?

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